Charles Dewey Snyde
Charles Dewey Snyder was born in Muskegon, Michigan more than 120 years ago on May 5th, 1899 to his Father John Snyder and Mother Mary Caroline Hines... Both of Charles parents were natives of Germany and immigrated to the United States in the late 1860s and early 1870s...
** Interesting events that occurred around the World during Charles birth year of 1899 included...
• On January 1st, 1899 Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas...
• On February 4th, 1899 the Philippine –American War begins as hostilities break out in Manila...
• On February 25th, 1899 in an accident at Grove Hill, Harrow London, England, Edwin Sewell becomes the World's first driver of a petrol-driven vehicle to be killed..; His passenger, Major James Richer, dies of injuries three days later...
• On June 9th, 1899 American boxer James J. Jeffries ( Who would later be nicknamed "The Great White Hope" in the fight against African-American heavyweight champion Jack Johnson ) knocks out Cornish-born Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round and wins the World heavyweight championship in a bout at Coney Island, New York...
• On July 21st, 1899 the "Newsboys' strike" takes place, when the Newsies of New York go on strike until August the 2nd...
• On December 31st, 1899 the last day of the 1800s is celebrated around the World !!
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Charles Dewey was the youngest child born to his Mother and Father... He had five older siblings ( Sister's, Irene, Mary, and Elsie Mae as well as Brothers John and George )
Snyder Patriarch supports his family as a railroad employee and machinist according to Federal Census records ...
Sometime after 1910 the Snyder family relocates to the Sunshine State and city of Tampa in Florida.
Charles Dewey joins the Navy prior to the United States participation in the World War on December 18th, 1916 when he was just 17 years old...
He would serve his Country throughout the entirety of the First World War and beyond before being honorably discharged on November 18th, 1919...
He would achieve the rank of Chief Yeoman !!
His Father John Snyder would pass away on June 21st, 1920 in Hillsborough County Florida at the age of 60...
Charles marries Florida native Ruth Althea White on June 16th, 1925. Together they would go on to have three children during the course of their marriage..
According to the Federal Census of 1930 Charles supports his family as a bookkeeper for an electric company...
** Many parts of Charles life are a bit fuzzy including it's end... On January 30th, 1936 Charles Dewey Snyder would pass away in Columbia, South Carolina at the age of 37 from the effects of pneumonia... According to his death certificate at the time of his passing he is a school principal and his body would soon be sent back to Tampa, Florida for burial...
Charles Dewey Snyder... Beloved Husband, Father, and proud United States Navy Veteran of the First World War...